Buzzard, Thanks, Gotta have the tools, No one showed up, and fro free beer?

WOW.

Surfin, thanks,, C'mon down and get some,, you know where I am??

Clarita, guess I'll have to step it up a knotch ot too.

Thanks coconutzo,, that strange looking piece is a slab cut from a Macadamia Nut tree given me by Aloha Tiki in Ft Lauderdale and it id burnished and polished on a hard buff..
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Oh... okay, now I see it. It looked so old with the coloration on it I just assumed you brought out one of the jewels out of your treasure chest. Mac nut huh, never would have guessed. They're usually light colored, like off-white. Sweet!

On 2010-08-17 12:55, MadDogMike wrote:Sweet Ben! Never heard of purple jade before. Does have a bit of an alien look with the color, eyes, and fingertips Maybe there was some ET contact in New Zealand?

The alien vibe is quite apt actually; the Maoris believed, quite literally, that the (hei)Tiki was a depiction of the original Ancestor, who arrived on earth from the stars bringing with him the three baskets of knowledge upon which their culture is based. Where else would a 'little green man' with 3 fingers and large eyes come from?